Project Grant 2009WEAX0022

The Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (SASP) grant of $899,287 was awarded on August 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice. This formula grant funding is designed to support comprehensive intervention, advocacy, counseling, and related assistance services for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault across Louisiana. The Louisiana Commission will...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded a $900,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (CFDA 16.524) Project Grant to the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault (La Fasa), a non-profit organization in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The grant will support the provision of comprehensive legal services to sexual assault survivors throughout the state of Louisiana over a 3-year period from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028. At least 80% of the clients...

This $692,022 Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women will fund direct victim services, counseling, crisis intervention, and advocacy programs for survivors of sexual assault in Louisiana through July 31, 2023. Administered by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, the grant awards funds to eleven community-based organizations across the state to deliver trauma-informed services and...

The $600,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women will enable Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp (SLLS), doing business as New Orleans Legal Assistance, to provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area. Under this 3-year project, SLLS will deliver a range of legal...

The North Coast Rape Crisis Team (NCRCT) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589). The 36-month grant will support a collaborative effort between NCRCT and partners including the Crescent City Police Department, Del Norte County Sheriff's Office, Yurok Tribal Police Department, Del Norte County District Attorney's...

The Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault Inc., doing business as La Fasa, was awarded a $172,076 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions program (CFDA 16.556) for the period of September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The grant funds will support La Fasa's coordination of state victim services activities and collaboration with federal, state and local...

The Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response Center (STAR Center) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will support STAR Center's efforts to strengthen advocacy services for sexual assault survivors in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of...

The federal grant award is a $908,411 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017). The funding is designed to support rape crisis centers, nonprofit organizations, and tribal programs in Louisiana that provide direct intervention, advocacy, counseling, and related assistance to victims of sexual assault, regardless of age. The grant is intended to supplement other funding sources directed...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $900,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (CFDA 16.524) grant to the Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response (STAR) Center, a nonprofit organization in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This 3-year project grant supports STAR Center in providing holistic civil and criminal legal assistance to non-intimate partner sexual assault survivors across 15 parishes in Central and Southeast Louisiana. Key services include safety and privacy...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $750,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant to the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV). The 3-year Project Grant, effective October 1, 2023, will enable LCADV to provide no-cost legal representation and assistance to survivors of domestic violence throughout Louisiana. Key services to be delivered include civil and criminal legal aid in matters related to or arising from domestic violence,...